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The Rise of Safetyism and Its Impact on Litigation

Presentation Details

Jurors’ tolerance for risk has reached new lows and their demands for safety have reached new highs. “Safetyism” is a mindset of unrealistically high expectations about product safety or corporate safety standards that can translate into corporate liability. Despite the fact that safetyism is rooted in thought fallacies, it is on the rise and has a profound effect on jury awards.

This timely session discusses the pervasive biases that lead to unreasonable expectations of safety and cause difficulties for your defense client. It also covers critical changes you must consider in your defense strategies to overcome this persistent mindset.

A senior jury consultant will share conclusions based on our team’s groundbreaking psychological research and offer advice on how to reduce the role of safetyism in juror decision-making. This innovative approach represents a first-of-its-kind effort in combating nuclear verdicts.

What You Will Learn

  • How to dissect safetyism as a juror mindset
  • Defense strategies to identify safetyist jurors
  • The data-driven science behind safetyism
  • Techniques to reduce safetyism and avoid runaway verdicts

Date

Offered weekdays: in-person, virtual, or hybrid

Location

CLE available for all US states: 1.0 credits

Speakers

  • Jill-Leibold_3x2

    Jill M. Leibold, PhD

    Senior Jury Consulting Advisor

    With more than 20 years of trial consulting experience, Dr. Jill Leibold has applied her expertise in juror decision-making to hundreds of cases across all genres of litigation. 

    Dr. Leibold specializes in developing statistically based juror risk profiles to identify jurors for cause and peremptory strikes during jury selection. She also applies qualitative analyses to inform the development of case stories and trial themes.

  • Keith-Pounds_3x2

    Keith C. Pounds, PhD

    Jury Consulting Advisor

    With nearly 20 years of litigation consulting experience, Dr. Keith Pounds is adept at helping trial teams identify and develop compelling case themes and presentation strategies. 

    He also specializes in providing quantitative and qualitative analysis through focus groups and mock trials, in addition to assisting clients with witness preparation, voir dire, and jury selection.

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